Gordon Smith, has, amazingly, got right with this.
Great!
Smith is one with his finger in the wind. He will do the right thing only when forced to. In 2000 he was totally against the farmers who had their water cut off in Klamath Falls, Or. By the time he had a few 'town hall' meetings with thousands of angry constituents informing he he was going to lose his job, he got on board...literally. He and Greg Walden begged a ride on Air Force one to Portland, flew over Klamath Lake and showed Bush the problem and begged him to act.